Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Razi Nalim P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Manikanda K Rajagopal, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Robert J Helfenbein, Indiana University-IUPUI, School of Education

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Educational Research and Methods

, “Teaching and Learning in the College Classroom: A Review of the Research Literature”, Ann Arbor: Regents of the University of Michigan, 1986.10. J. F. Milem, J. B. Berger, “A modified model of college student persistence: Exploring the relationship between Astin’s theory of involvement and Tinto’s theory of student departure”. Journal of College Student Development, vol. 38, pp. 387-400, 1997.11. R. M. Felder, R. Brent, T. K. Miller, C. E. Brawner, R. H. Allen, “Faculty Teaching Practices and Perceptions of Institutional Attitudes Toward Teaching at Eight Engineering Schools,” ASEE FIE Conference, Session T1G, 101-105, 1998.12. C. Hsieh, and L. Knight, “Problem-based learning for engineering students: An evidence

Conference Session

Culture, Race, and Gender Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

use of narrative and storytelling has become acknowledged as hybridizing a cultural activitywith a research method, serving as one among many decolonizing methods that have a history ofuse in indigenous communities and communities of color37,39 (as indeed in white communities).Researchers in the social sciences have been using narrative to understand complexity withinindividuals' experience.33 Cynthia Winston and colleagues40 use narrative via the telling of “lifestories” to create cases of black students in STEM disciplines both as a way to think about theirpersonal psychological development and for students to learn about themselves. Culturalperformers including Anna Deavere Smith,41,42 the national storytelling project StoryCorps

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liu Junhua, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Yue Zhang, Singapore University and Technology and Design; Justin Ruths, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Diana Moreno, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

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Educational Research and Methods

experiences; (2) facilitate students’ engineering skills; and (3)develop students’ capabilities and dispositions for engaging in collaborative project-basedinquiry and critical thinking. To assimilate new information and incorporate it into the existingknowledge, students need to restructure their knowledge for themselves, which can beaccomplished through active learning. A number of tenants underlie this teaching philosophy,including (Knight, 2004): students take direct responsibility for their knowledge, proactivelyengaging in the study of their texts and reference materials, participation and leadership in courseactivities, completing assignments, laboratories, and exploration in the field; the instructorassumes more of a role of a facilitator: “a